When Biscuit took the Blue Planet from Genthru, her eyes lit up and she held it as if it were the most precious treasure in the world.
Watching her reaction, Moses couldn't help recalling their first encounter on the airship.
The bond between them was all thanks to Rat Jewel's glass bead that looked so similar to this Blue Planet.
Now, seeing Biscuit's wish fulfilled here...
It was genuinely satisfying for Moses.
A small smile tugged at the corner of Moses's lips.
After letting Biscuit indulge for a few minutes, Moses reminded her, "Alright, that's enough."
"Hehehe..."
Biscuit acted as if she hadn't heard Moses's words. She gently stroked the Blue Planet with a lovestruck grin on her face.
Moses's smile twitched. Seeing Biscuit was still immersed in it, he sighed: "Look, I really don't want to kill the mood, but... we still don't know if the Blue Planet can be taken out of Greed Island."
"Hehehehe…"
"Hey, are you even listening?"
"Hehehehehe..."
"...???"
"Hehehehehehehe..."
"Auntie."
"!!!"
Biscuit snapped out of her daze instantly. She raised her eyebrows and stared at Moses, who was just inches away.
After a moment-
Moses had a bump on his head, but fortunately, he got Biscuit to hand over the Blue Planet.
'Since the Nen Exorcism option does not pop up, it means that this gem is a real object.'
Moses thought to himself as he gently rubbed the Blue Planet between his thumb and forefinger.
In the original work, the pebbles from Greed Island existed as real objects, but they can be turned into cards by players.
Shalnark from the Phantom Troupe had taken a pebble outside the island for analysis, and thus roughly determined a lot of information about Greed Island, including the geographical environment.
So-
Theoretically, if it is a Nen Construct that exists on Greed Island, then smuggling it out was nearly impossible.
On the contrary, if it was something that genuinely existed, it could be smuggled out, just like those pebbles.
But whether it works or not, he had to do it to know.
"Rat Jewel."
Moses called Rat Jewel's name softly.
The bead necklace around his neck glimmered before transforming into Rat Jewel.
"Chuu!"
Rat Jewel landed on the ground and looked up at Moses, with a questioning look in its big dark eyes.
Moses crouched down, handed the Blue Planet to it, and said with a smile: "Please hold onto this for me."
"Chu chu!"
Rat Jewel nodded slightly and took the Blue Planet with its short hands.
[Treasure Stash Pouch]
Raising the Blue Planet above its head, Rat Jewel pressed it against the green vertical symbol atop its head. The mark began to glow, intensifying from faint to bright.
When the light finally faded, the Blue Planet held in its short hand disappeared.
"Chuu!"
Having tucked the shiny treasure into its private stash, Rat Jewel let out a joyful chirp.
But Moses felt that something was wrong.
Biscuit frowned, feeling like the Blue Planet was going to be swallowed up by Rat Jewel.
Rat Jewel didn't look at Moses again, but hopped around happily.
Its short legs stepped on the ground, sometimes making a squeaking sound, and sometimes falling silently.
Seeing Rat Jewel so happy, Moses thought to himself, 'Does Rat Jewel think that the Blue Planet was a gift to him?'
To clear things up, he added pointedly: "Rat Jewel, the gem just now isn't for you, it's just for safekeeping."
"Chu chu?"
Upon hearing this, Rat Jewel tilted its head slightly, and the expression of the Aura mass at the end of its tail shifted to a confused one.
Maintaining his crouch, Moses met its gaze seriously.
"Chuuu."
Rat Jewel nodded slowly.
Seeing this, Moses smiled and said, "Very good. Now, revert."
"Chu chu!"
Rat Jewel obediently turned back into a bead necklace in a flash of white light.
Moses picked up the necklace, put it back on his neck, and tilted his head to look at Biscuit.
"All set. Let's head to the coastline and meet up with Morel."
"Okay."
Biscuit nodded.
Before leaving, Moses casually killed Genthru and Valian.
After all, one is the infamous Bomber, and the other is a poacher and murderer.
Moses couldn't find a single reason to spare them.
[You have killed the Bomber, Genthru. Perception supports you. Your [Countdown – Modified] +1.]
The sudden voice echoing in his consciousness caught Moses by surprise.
'I didn't expect that after killing Genthru, I would get a reward from Perception.'
Suppressing his thoughts, Moses checked the effect of Countdown – Modified.
[Countdown – Modified]
[By physically touching a target, you manifest a binding-type bomb.]
[When the ability is activated, the more Aura you transfer, the greater the explosive power of the bomb will be.]
[When the ability is activated, once the user lets go of it, it will be considered as the end of the ability.]
After seeing the description of Countdown – Modified, Moses was slightly taken aback.
Obviously—
It was a rather lackluster skill.
But in Moses's hands, it can bring out great value.
'If time wasn't so tight, I really wanted to kill Genthru's other two teammates. Maybe I could get more rewards.'
Moses withdrew from the depths of consciousness and thought silently in his heart.
In order to avoid any further complications, after they have secured the blue planet, Moses knew they must escape as quickly as possible.
Leaving the corpses of Varian and Genthru behind, Moses directed the player who'd provided the two Accompany Cards to wander off aimlessly. Then, he headed toward the coastline with Biscuit.
…
Just as Moses and Biscuit were walking through the woods adjacent to the coastline, a familiar voice suddenly rang out in the quiet darkness of the forest.
"Eliminate, On."
That was Razor's voice.
Both Moses and Biscuit instinctively froze.
The next moment, a beam of white light mixed with golden luster enveloped the two of them.
Caught in the Elimination's effect, Biscuit couldn't resist, and she immediately turned into a beam of light and flew into the distance.
Moses resisted the urge to use the Teleportation Divine Script.
'Since I've got what I came for, getting teleported somewhere on Azian Continent is not that bad.'
The beam of light that enveloped his body disappeared into the distant sky in the blink of an eye.
Razor looked up at the direction where the white light was going away, his eyes slightly opened, and he said to himself: "Just disappear at the end of the world, and don't come back."
"Pfft."
A chuckle sounded from behind Razor.
A blond young man walked out from the shadows, looking at Razor, who suffered repeated setbacks at Moses's hands, with a faint smile on his face.
Razor heard the laughter, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he asked, "Got a second confirmation?"
"Yeah."
The blond boy confirmed confidently.
If the stowaways were allowed to take away the things from Greed Island, how would they, the group of Game Masters, save their reputation?
Razor nodded and said, "That's good."
The process was messy, but the outcome's what matters.
…
Somewhere on Azian Continent.
Ging and Kite were traveling swiftly.
Suddenly-
A comet-like light streaked down from the sky, crashing to the ground a hundred meters ahead.
Ging glanced up at the familiar glow, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.
He immediately thought of Moses, who had previously said he was going to Greed Island to cause trouble.
And just as he expected, when the white light faded, Moses appeared before them.
"Huh?"
After Moses landed, he quickly discovered Ging and Kite, who were a hundred meters away. Like Ging, he also had strange looks in his eyes.
'What are the odds?!'
"Got kicked out, huh? Hahaha!"
Ging looked at Moses and laughed at him as much as he could without hesitation.
Moses raised his index finger inconspicuously and pressed it lightly on his necklace. Feeling the extremely slight vibration coming from the necklace, Moses's heart suddenly settled down, 'Good, it's still safe.'
"Alas, I was sanctioned by the privilege-hogging dog."
He sighed somewhat discouraged.
When Ging heard that-
"Hahahahaha!" He burst into even louder laughter.
"Sigh…"
Moses shook his head and sighed repeatedly.
That decadent look made Ging laugh with unreserved joy.
Meanwhile, Kite glanced between them, confusion flickering in his gaze, 'What on earth is going on?'